Re: gnulib taking over libobjs?

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org> writes:
>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> > coreutils now fails to pass "make
>> > distcheck" after a bootstrap.  At least part of the problem is that
>> > lib/Makefile's DIST_COMMON ends up being nearly empty.
>>
>> This should fix it. Now that we bypass automake's LIBOBJS magic, we have
>> to declare all distributed files.
>
> You missed some.  At least these are necessary for 'make distcheck' of 
> m4-1.4.x
> on cygwin.  There are probably others as well, but I did not do a thorough
> audit.
>
> 2006-10-12  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
>
>       * modules/error (Makefile.am): Distribute files in /lib.
>       * modules/obstack (Makefile.am): Likewise.

These are good arguments for making gnulib-tool use autoconf --trace
on the underlying macro rather than relying on heuristics.